Yanis Varoufakis: My Battle with Europe’s Deep Establishment

Yanis Varoufakis in conversation with Paul Mason.

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Ex-Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis comes to the how to: Academy on Monday 1st May. As finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis sparked public controversy when he attempted to re-negotiate his country’s relationship with the EU. But what really happened took place behind closed doors and now Varoufakis is ready to tell the full story. Join Varoufakis, as he discusses his highly-anticipated memoir, Adults in The Room, a publication set to blow the lid on Europe’s deep establishment, exposing what actually goes on behind the scenes in Europe’s corridors of power. Expect an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion and betrayal that will shake the establishment to its foundations. Varoufakis believes that the only way the EU can survive is if the truth is known, join this discussion by posing your questions during the audience Q&A. ‘An outstanding economist and political analyst’: Noam Chomsky ‘One of my few heroes. As long as people like Varoufakis are around, there still is hope’: Slavoj Žižek In association with Penguin Live. Read more.

As finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis sparked public controversy when he attempted to re-negotiate his country’s relationship with the EU. But what really happened took place behind closed doors and now Varoufakis is ready to tell the full story.

Join Varoufakis, as he discusses his highly-anticipated memoir, Adults in The Room, a publication set to blow the lid on Europe’s deep establishment, exposing what actually goes on behind the scenes in Europe’s corridors of power. Expect an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion and betrayal that will shake the establishment to its foundations.

Varoufakis believes that the only way the EU can survive is if the truth is known, join this discussion by posing your questions during the audience Q&A.

‘An outstanding economist and political analyst’: Noam Chomsky

‘One of my few heroes. As long as people like Varoufakis are around, there still is hope’: Slavoj Žižek

In association with Penguin Live.

Yanis Varoufakis

Revered academic, expert in game theory, and, according to Bloomberg (and others), ‘brilliant economist’, Yanis Varoufakis was named as Minister of Finance for Greece in January 2015. Following seven months of negotiations with the state’s creditors and the European Union, he resigned on July 6th – in spite of Greek voters’ decisive agreement with his strong stance against the EU’s bailout terms. His reason: having heard ‘a certain preference by some Eurogroup participants, and assorted ‘partners’, for [his]… ‘absence’ from its meetings’. He remains an eloquent and influential participant in discussions of European democracy, and is vocal about his disagreement with the deal eventually accepted by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Paul Mason

Paul Mason is an award-winning writer and film-maker. His latest book is Postcapitalism, his play Divine Chaos of Starry Things is currently at the White Bear Theatre, London.

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